Category Archives: Year 6

In English we have been exploring Tuesday by David Wiesner. We started by writing dialogue for the opening section, giving each of our toads a different personality. We then wrote recounts from a toad’s perspective, focusing on making our writing exciting and engaging.

Maths:

In maths we have been adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators and mixed numbers. We then moved on to calculating angles on straight lines, around a point, in triangles and in quadrilaterals.

Our open afternoon will be held on Tuesday at 3pm. We will be sharing our Greek projects and progress with our hand puppets so far.

Our English this week has been based around the Battle of Marathon. We explored the battle in detail, looking at different versions of the story. We then learnt about formal writing and used what we had learnt to write a letter of condolence to Pheidippides’ mother. Next week we will be using what we know about the sequence of the battle to write either an informal letter home or a diary entry for King Darius.

Maths:

Our focus in maths this week has been division using a formal written method. We started by focusing on dividing 3 or more digit numbers by a 1 digit number. Towards the end of the week we moved on to dividing by 2 digit numbers.

In English we are reading the Adventures of Odysseus. This week we have been looking at the features of descriptive and suspense writing. Next week we will be using these skills to write a suspense story based on Odysseus and the Sirens.

Maths:

In maths we have been focusing on subtraction. We started by looking at mental methods of subtraction and using number lines to calculate change. We have now moved on to formal methods of subtraction, using the column method. We will now use and apply this to problems.

We desperately need parent helpers for the Southampton Art Gallery trip on 2nd November. If you are able to help, please let us know.

In English we have reached the end of Macbeth. We are currently writing a newspaper article reporting the death of Macbeth, the tyrant king, who is killed by Macduff in battle at the end of the play.

Maths:

In maths we have started a unit on graphs. We are plotting a series of graphs to show the temperature and rainfall in different countries. When we have completed them we will compare and contrast the climates of each.

In English we have been studying Macbeth. We started by rewriting the opening to Macbeth using descriptive language. Last week we explored Macbeth’s struggle over whether or not to kill King Duncan and wrote this as a soliloquy.

Maths:

In maths we have started a bridging unit on algebra and have been looking at function machines.

Today we started rehearsals for our production – Pirates of the Curry Bean. Thank you to everyone who has been learning (and helping to learn!) the lines.

In maths Year 6 have recently covered ratio, circles and adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions. We will now look at word problems.

In English we have written a variety of work based on our Wales trip and looked at autobiographical writing by Roald Dahl and Gerald Durrell. We have just begun a book study on Hollow Earth by J. and C. Barrowman.

On the 6th January year 6 had a wonderful trip to the marvellous INTECH in Winchester. First they went into the marquee where we put our bags and coats. We then went off to do our own thing. There where lots of activities including The Colon Café where you had to feel poo, a skydiving bit where you put men with parachutes on a fan and they flew up and a mind ball where you controlled a ball with your brain. After lunch we went into the best bit: the planetarium! We sat down and after a few minutes the movie started. It was so cool! We looked at constellations we would have seen that night. We then focused on the planets. Who knew Jupiter had 63 moons! Overall the trip was very exiting with lots to see and do and I would definitely recommend going there.